This who'e Hiſtory alfo is recorded both by Matthew ang Like; and we have already, 1n our Notes upon Mat. c, jg, x. fully opened the ſeveral Patſages of it mention d vy all 6, Evangelifts, to which we refer the Reader. Chriſt was _ come over again into Galilee, where, though the Temy/s _ not, yet there were Synagogues where the People did ordinari', ailemble to wirſbip God, Nor were they without Order in the. Fynagogues z they had one whom they called the Ruler of +, Synagogue, who directed and ordcred the Affairs of that parti. cuiar Synagogue : it 1s more probable, that Zairus (here tir. tion'd) was 11 that ſence fo calied, than becaute he was One cf the Court of Twenty three, whici the Fews are ſaid to have hy 1n every City.
25 Anda certain woman * which had an iffic (,, blood twelve years, .,'
26 And had ſuffered many things of many phy. cians, and had ſpent all thar ſhe had, and was nothir- bettered, but rather grew worſe, x 27 When ſhe had heard of Jeſus, came in the pr;;; behind, and tonched his garment.
28 For ſhe ſaid, If I may touch but his cloths, | ſhall be whole. |
29 Ard ſtraightway the fountain of her blood 1;; driedvp: aidſhe teliin her body that ihe wes hc2lgg of that pi3gue.
30 And Jeſus immediately knowing in himic!\\ that * yertue had gone.ont of him, turned him abut it; the « preſs, and faid, Who touched my cloaths ?
31 And his diſciples feid unto him, Thr: the multititude thronging thee, and ſayeſt thou, 4 10 touched me?
32 And he looked round about to ſee her that }:1 done this thing.
33 Bur the woman fearing and trembling, knowiz? what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the rruth.
34+ And he ſaid unto her, Daughter, thy fah,, hath mede thee whole z go in peace, and be whole of © thy plague.
See the Notes on Mat.c. 18. upon this whole Hiſtory, cot: taining a Paſſage which happened in the Way betwixt the Plice where our Saviour firſt heard of the Sickneſs of Fairus's Divth ter, and his Houſe, whither our Saviour was now going ; ſhall, in theſe Hiſtories, obſerve our Saviour propouuc ing fevers Queſtions to Perſons : Of the Hatter to which they related, could not be preſumed. to be ignorant, being. as to fits bivite Nature, Oniniſcient; but he only propounded them tor ft: bettering of the Know!edge of thoſe to whom or amoagli win he ſpake, that his Miracles might be more fully and Gift)! underitood : ſo alſo he 1s ſaid to have known many thing - here, that Vertue was gone out of h1m, Ys hich he only know, © (0 was God, and knew all things. It 15 alfo obſervabſz2, how Ci: cncourageth the firſt Rudiments of Saving Faith in Chrilf, + that we read of this Woman, 1s. that ſhe faid, 7 7 mir
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cian, It is vbſervable, that a Multitude of Evil Spirits is called by the Name of The Devil; becauſe, th-ugh confidered as -indi- vidual Spirits, they are many; yet in their Malice, and mif-
touch the Hem of his Garment, T ſhall be whole : This ws 17vC ſhort of her owning arid receiving him as her Lord an! 4 t amounted tono more than a Perſuaſion ſhe Had of !1 v5?!
cnevous Defigns againſt Mankind, they are as one. Oh that the Yeopic of God were as well united 1n Deligns for 1s Glory /
Power and Goodnets, and that with reſpz@ to the Heirs 9 4 Bodily Diftemper ; neither doth it import her Bee ns, 1s be the Eternal Son of God, but one to whom Cod (hid col27
Sore Interpreters ftart a Queſt! here, not very catie to be re- ſolved, viz. What made the Devils ſp defirous that Chriſt would not ſend them out of the Countrey? Their Anſwer is not impro- bable, Thut 1t was a Paganith, Ignoraat, Sottith Place, where uſually the Devil hath the beſt Markets, and the greateſt Rule. For as it 1s faid of Chriſt, that he could not do much in ſome Places where he came, beczute of their Unbelief : ſo neither can the Devil do much 1n fore Places, becauſe of the Faith of the Goſpel received by them. Hence it is obſervable, That as the Devil 15 not able to play his Game in anv place amongſt Chri- ſtians, as he doth at this div amongtt Heathens c fo he hath much leſs Power, at tlils day, in Places where the Word of God iz more generaliy known, and more faithfully preached, thin in other Places where People are more ignorant of the Scripturcs, and have lefs faithful and frequent Preaching. In the latter, he dealcth moſt by more inward Suggeſtions and Impretſions. Our learned Dottor Lightf9%t oblerves it probable, that this City or Country was gcncrally mad” up of Pagans, or apoſta- tized Fews, becauſe they nourtthed ſo many Swine, which to the Jews were unciean Beaſts, For other things relating to|
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